Object photograph·C04406c·1927–1931

Glyptic (A.I.2689)

Dark stone seal with a pale crescent mark, shown with a close view of its flat face bearing a curved design — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C04406c. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Two photographs on one card: above, a dark, rounded stone object with a flattened base, a circular hole and a pale crescent-shaped highlight near the top, with faint cracks across its surface. Below, a close view of an oval, grey, slightly blurred face with a curved, scroll-like design and flaking edges on the print.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Glyptic, A.I.2689.

Swedish, as on the record

Fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Glyptic, A.I.2689

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